Dubbed the “Liquid Crystal Museum,” this flat screen can put fine art in any home. Tired of van Gogh? Just punch up a Renoir. Roams around the house watching for intruders, fires and breaking glass. But what happens when it hits the stairs? This slim box will let consumers record and erase music on 2.5-inch discs. Half the size of current CDs, they hold as much music. More like a portable library....
“I didn’t realize you have a daughter who’s old enough to go to college,” I replied, gallantly. “College?” She sounded genuinely horrified. “We’re trying to get her into nursery school!” The rat race starts young in America, where parents are increasingly convinced that success requires a degree from an Ivy League college, admission to which requires a top-notch high school, which you can’t get into without a first-rate elementary school, which of course is impossible if you haven’t been to the finest nursery school....
Messi briefly retired from international duty after his nation’s loss to Chile in the Copa America Centenario final in June. It marked a third final loss in as many years for Argentina, following on from its defeat to Germany at the 2014 World Cup and Chile at the 2015 Copa America. Bauza knows how desperate Messi is to succeed internationally, to add to his glittering club career. “He is a player very committed to the national team....
Ancelotti demands better from Boateng The figure surpasses the previous year’s €523.7m by more than €100m and represents the biggest turnover in the club’s history. The operating profit increased by an even greater margin, rising 28 per cent from €111.3 million to €142.5 million. “The 2015-16 fiscal year has been fantastic for Bayern, in terms of both sports and finances. Our members, staff and friends of the club can be very proud,” deputy chairman Jan-Christian Dreesen said....
With the rewards in modern football so great, the clamour to find potential stars of tomorrow has intensified year on year. Could Pep really sell Aguero? Where youth systems would once be filled by hopefuls spotted in the local area, academies at the very top of the football pyramid are now graced by players plucked from every corner of the globe. The Premier League has led the way when it comes to cherry picking the cream of the crop, but a route to the first team has not always been left ajar for graduates looking to make their mark at the highest level....
Robert Lewandowski’s 38th minute opener came against the run of play at the Allianz Arena after Mats Hummels made a stunning last-ditch tackle to deny Branimir Hrgota after he rounded Manuel Neuer. Wenger: I don’t know how much longer I have left at Arsenal Frankfurt striker Hrgota missed a glorious chance to equalise before Douglas Costa doubled Bayern’s advantage, leaving Lewandowski to bring up his 100th goal for the club 10 minutes into the second period....
And while it didn’t necessarily embarrass its semifinal opponent, Bayern handled Lyon with relative ease in a 3-0 win Wednesday. Bayern is through the Champions League final, where it will face Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday. After winning all of its Champions League group stage games, Bayern obliterated Chelsea in the Round of 16 and then Barcelona in the quarterfinals to reach its 12th appearance in the semifinals. The win against Lyon gives the club 10 consecutive Champions League victories and puts it in a tie for the longest such streak with the 2013-14 Bayern squad and Real Madrid in 2014-15....
Line: TCU -1, Total: 78.5 Line movement and notes: The Wynn opened Baylor -1.5 on Sunday, then moved to TCU -1. Most other books didn’t open this game until Wednesday or Thursday because of quarterback injuries, and then set TCU as a 2-point favorite before moving down a point. Check our odds page for updated spreads and totals from Las Vegas . Trends that matter: TCU is 12-2 ATS in its last 14 at home, 7-2 ATS as a favorite of under a field goal…....
MORE: How the Top 25 fared in Week 11 Russell was injured on a running play in which his leg was tangled between two Sooners’ defenders. Russell was carted off the field but waved to the fans. Oklahoma players gathered around Russell as he was carted off the field wishing him well in his recovery. Baylor announced that Russell’s injury is a dislocated ankle. He’s undergoing X-rays at the stadium....
Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. BENDER: Better ways to punish Baylor than death penalty The women never filed a lawsuit, and details of the alleged sexual assaults were not made public, according to ESPN.com. One of the two women reportedly said she was also assaulted by a football player in 2013. MORE: Baylor concedes Briles, McCaw failed to report 2012 accusation In a joint statement, Baylor’s interim president, David E....
Not bad for a race once considered a two-way heat. But Bayrou’s surge has come with a cost: new scrutiny. The press and voters suddenly want to know just who this classics professor turned farmer-politician really is. And so far, the answers haven’t been forthcoming. Bayrou avoids making many promises, saying they can’t be kept. If elected, he says he’d make it unconstitutional to table a budget that would create a deficit....
Rubinstein posted his resignation letter on Facebook, writing it is “a very sad moment” for him. He wrote that his resignation was sparked by the broadcaster’s coverage of a group of Jewish teenagers being attacked on a bus in London. Many have accused the BBC of falsely reporting the group of teenagers used anti-Muslim slurs during the attack. “The current crisis over anti-Semitism at the Corporation and its attempts to turn the victims of the recent anti-Semitic attack on Jewish children in London and claim that the victims were actually the perpetrators, was and is inexcusable,” he wrote....
Jay Cutler the caretaker? That’s something the Bears have to adopt now to save their season. They’ve done everything they can to cater to the mercurial quarterback, with the hiring of Marc Trestman standing out as Exhibit A. But Trestman can’t afford to keep trusting Cutler to be an efficient passer and consistent leader, and still expect to win enough games to make the NFC playoffs. The Bears have thrown the ball 63 percent of the time this season....
Chicago re-emerged last season with the help of coach Matt Nagy, quarterback Mitchell Trubisky and a swarming defense led by Khalil Mack. The season ended in disappointing fashion with a wild-card playoff loss to Philadelphia, but the Bears have the pieces in place to replicate that run. On the Bears’ schedule for 2019 are games against teams from the AFC West and NFC East, but some breaks in their schedule make it favorable in spots....
But unlike the team’s Week 1 collapse in Green Bay, defensive coordinator Vic Fangio’s unit showed up for all four quarters. That much was clear when cornerback Prince Amukamara returned a fourth-period interception 49 yards for a touchdown and when linebacker Danny Trevathan iced the game with a forced fumble. The Bears sacked Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson six times, and they held Seattle to three points through the first three quarters....
On Wednesday, along with Ohio Liquor Control, the Ohio Bottle Lottery announced they are conducting an online drawing for the opportunity to purchase bottles of the rare bourbon, which include: OFC Bourbon 1993 ($2,499. 98 plus tax)Double Eagle Very Rare ($2,000 plus tax)Michter’s 25 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon ($1,000 plus tax)King of Kentucky ($249. 98 plus tax)Old Forester Birthday ($149. 98 plus tax) Contestants have until November 15 to submit the following information:...
SN's Rayven Tirado hosts an interactive video discussion with the former players, who offer different perspectives on surviving and thriving when defenses bring extra rushers. VIDEO: Aikman’s Hot Reads | Tucker’s Week 4 picks Tucker's career spanned from 2001-2007, and by the time it was over, responsibility for recognizing blitzes and calling protections had shifted from the center to the man under center: "Early in my career the center was responsible for all that....
New York Judge Kenneth Holder had wanted to imprison 39-year-old Donna Francis for far longer than the one-year sentence imposed, but was restricted under the terms of an extradition agreement between the U.S. and the U.K. The sentence was handed down at Queens Supreme Court in New York on Thursday after Francis pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide for the 2015 death of Kelly Mayhew—a freelance TV producer from Maryland....
Venus, a hellishly hot planet and Earth’s closest planetary neighbor, is shining brightly this week as it makes its way towards the sun from our perspective. Throughout this month of December, Venus will sink closer and closer to the horizon before disappearing for most of the planet by New Years’, according to NASA. It will then reappear in January as a morning planet before shining in the evening once again next December....
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards have killed at least 106 protesters in violent demonstrations against fuel price hikes, Amnesty International said in a report Tuesday. The London-based human rights organization, citing “credible reports,” said the actual death toll could be far higher, with reports from Iran alleging as many as 200 have been killed. The Iranian government has not provided any casualty figures since the street protests began on Sunday in response to an abrupt 50 percent hike in gasoline prices....
